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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825289503321

Autore

Allen Richard L. <1946->

Titolo

The concept of self : a study of black identity and self-esteem / / Richard L. Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press, c2001

ISBN

0-8143-3831-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

African American life series

Disciplina

305.896/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Race identity

African Americans - Psychology

African Americans - Social conditions

Self-perception

Group identity

African diaspora

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half-title""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART 1: THE BLACK SELF: TRENDS, INFLUENCES, AND EFFECTS""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Context of the Issues: Historical Events and Considerations""; ""CHAPTER 2 Conceptualization and Presentation of the Self-Concept""; ""PART 2: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL EXAMINATIONS OF THE BLACK SELF""; ""CHAPTER 3 Some Issues, Questions, and Problems Surrounding the Black Self-Concept: Self-Esteem""

""CHAPTER 4 Some Issues, Questions, and Problems Surrounding the Black Self-Concept: Group Identity""""CHAPTER 5 What Identity Is Worth: The Interrelationship Explored""; ""PART 3: THEORY CONSTRUCTION""; ""CHAPTER 6 Another Look From Another Angle: A Move Toward Theory""; ""CHAPTER 7 Epilogue: The African Self From the Past, Revelations in the Present, and a Foreshadowing of the Future""; ""Appendixes""; ""A The Cross-Sectional Study""; ""B Tests Across the Social Structural Variables""; ""C Factorial Invariance and Structured Means""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""Back_Cover ""